Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention

Geneva, Switzerland, 19 to 20 June 2018

Organizer: Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

Outcomes

The Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention discussed, among other things, preparations for the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention to be held in Geneva, from 29 April to 10 May 2019.

Meeting participants

Mr. Abraham Zivayi Matiza, President of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, chaired the meeting, which was attended by ten Bureau members, including the Chair of the Implementation and Compliance Committee and the Co-Chair of the Open-ended Working Group, Ms. Justina Grigaraviciene, as ex-officio members.

Next meeting

The Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention will meet again from 7 to 8 November 2018, together with the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. During their joint meeting, the three bureaux will further discuss and agree on, among other things, the organization of work of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to be held from 29 April to 10 May 2019.

Meeting documents

Report

Working documents

Reference documents

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Report of the meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

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Items: 6

Provisional agenda

Draft tentative schedule of work of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in 2019

Information package on the elections to take place during the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention

Financial matters under the Basel Convention

List of participants

Report of the meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

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Report on the implementation of joint and convention-specific activities contained in the programmes of work and budgets of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions for the biennium 2016-2017

Inception paper “Monitoring and Evaluation Strategy for the Technical Assistance Plan of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions”

Information for participants

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List of Hotels

Information for participants

Photo gallery

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